Rural electrification of Ardee, Co Louth in 1955

By ESB Archives / Mar 15, 2016 / Leave a comment

Area : Ardee
Started: June 1954
Finished: April 1955
Poles used: 960
Line used (km): 88
Premises connected: 300

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The figures above were sourced from our REO News magazine. Click here to find out more on what the figures mean. The map above shows the area boundary and is from a digitised version of the original map used during the scheme.

ESB Demonstration in The Parochial Hall Ardee, June 15th. 1955
ESB Demonstration in The Parochial Hall Ardee, June 15th. 1955
ESB Demonstration in The Parochial Hall Ardee, June 15th. 1955
Entertainment at the Parochial Hall Ardee, June 15th. 1955
ESB Office Chapel Street, Dundalk with a poster in the window advertising a demonstration in The Parochial hall, Ardee on June 15th. 1955

Apparently there where some difficulties in the early stages of development in Ardee reports The REO News from July 1955Ardee-R.E.O